![]() ![]() Once the filmmakers finally landed on Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint for Harry, Hermione and Ron, Janet Hirshenson revealed what happened after all three actors were told they had won their respective roles. ![]() However, he was 14 years old at the time, which was just too old since one of the casting edicts was that they cast actors who were the actual ages of the characters they're playing. The casting director also reveals that there was "a push for the actor who did Billy Elliot," Jamie Bell, who made his feature film debut as the title character in that 2000 film. He was very vulnerable, but the other kid ― it was like, he not going to have the balls that Daniel has, to put it that way." ![]() The other kid was terrific and very vulnerable and very Harry-looking, but besides that, Harry was going to become a very powerful kid, too. We'll come back and look at this again.' We went back and looked at Daniel again. That other kid's interesting.' So we thought, 'Let's all go to sleep on it. (Director) Chris Columbus right away liked Daniel, but there were a couple of people who went, 'Hmm. There was another guy that we kind of liked, too. Here's what Janet Hirshenson revealed about why Daniel Radcliffe beat out an unspecified young actor, who was the only other top choice for the role. Producer David Heyman, who knew Daniel Radcliffe's father, a talent agent, ran into both father and son during a night at the theater, and convinced young Daniel to audition. What's interesting is that Daniel Radcliffe had originally taken himself out of the running to play Harry Potter, because he wanted to quit acting after starring as a younger version of the title character in the 1999 mini-series David Copperfield. The Huffington Post caught up with Janet Hirshenson to delve deeper into this historic film that kickstarted a lucrative franchise. Today we have new details from casting director Janet Hirshenson, who reveals the casting process wasn't easy by any means, along with the unusual yet perfect reason why Daniel Radcliffe was cast in the role of a lifetime as Harry Potter. Like many big-budget blockbusters based on a wildly popular novel series, the casting has to be just right to ensure any kind of success, and it's safe to say that the filmmakers behind Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone certainly got the casting right. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the very first Harry Potter movie, 2001's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, which started the lucrative franchise and introduced the world to three little-known actors who would go on to become global superstars, Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley). ![]()
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